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Kate sat listlessly in her dorm staring at the wall across from her. She didn't even tear her gaze away when the door opened. "Kate?"
"What?" Kate asks looking at Shawn and Angela.
"Kate, I'm so sorry." Angela starts
Seeing the look on Shawn's face Kate realizes Angela had betrayed her trust.
"Kate you can trust Shawn and I didn't know what else to do, I don't know how to help you. I know, I know that we're not even really friends but you trusted me once so I need you to trust me again with this. Eric needs to know." Angela tells her
"No." Kate stands up "I don't need to tell him, I don't want to hurt him."
"You've already hurt him more then you could have ever hurt him, you kept a secret from him and then you told him to his face you wont tell him. What more damage could be done? Only good can come from it now." Shawn says
"No, I love Eric. I can't ever tell him." Kate whispers
"If you love him tell him." Angela pleads
"I swore I would never fall in love."
"Why would you do that?" Angela asks surprised and Shawn stops her and shakes his head.
"Maybe we should go Angela." Shawn says softly, tugging at her arm slightly and edging her towards the door.
"I'll come back over tomorrow." Angela promises leaving with Shawn. They shut the door behind them and quietly walk down the hall.
Kate looks around for her purse but can't find it, she realizes it must be at Cory's, she sighs sullenly and gets her coat.
**************
"What are you doing here?" Cory asks angrily when he answers the door and finds Kate standing there.
"I forgot my purse." Kate answers
"Oh, right. I'll go get it." Cory leaves her in the doorway.
"Cory who's at the door?" Topanga asks going to the doorway.
"Kate." Cory says getting her bag.
"Why didn't you invite her in?"
"Why should I have?" Cory retorts
"Cory. What's done is done." Topanga says firmly and opens the door wider "Kate, please come in."
"I'll only be a second." Kate replies
"Please? I think we owe you an apology."
"No, Cory was right in being angry at me. I should of called to cancel that night, but I had no choice but to stand him up."
"The same way you had to leave school? And never give him an explanation?" Cory mutters handing her, her purse.
"Exactly the same way. Cory it's a lot more complicated then me standing Eric up."
"So tell me. Oh wait you can't right." Cory exclaims
"You wouldn't understand. I don't want Eric to have feelings for me." Kate explains
Cory stops "You don't want him having feelings for you? So what was he some backup boy on the side? What is it?"
"If Eric loves me, I'll end up hurting him. I'll end up leaving." Kate replies close to tears
"Cory stop." Topanga commands
"No Topanga this should be good since she already left him once."
"Cory please stop this now." Topanga tells him.
"Cory I'm sorry it's late but I wanted to apologize to you about yelling at you before-" Eric walks in and freezes when he sees Kate "What's going on?"
"I'd love to know that" Cory walks over to Eric. "Apparently Kate doesn't want you to have feelings for her, but I'm thinking it's a little to late for that." Cory says sarcastically "She said if you love her she'll leave you again, that she'll hurt you."
"She's hurt me enough she couldn't possibly more." Eric states evenly
"Guys would you both stop" Topanga asks
"I bet you've come to really know her back right?" Cory asks
"Oh yea, I'm beginning to like it more then her front side" Eric replies
"Then you wont mind seeing it again" Kate brushes past them and leaves.
"Are you two happy now?" Topanga asks "I hope you are, because she came over to apologize and you turned her away"
"Well maybe she'll come to see how it feels." Cory says
"Cory did you ever think that maybe she had a really good reason for leaving?" Topanga asks
"Well-"
"I didn't think so." Topanga turns to leave but pauses "I talked to Angela, she and Shawn had talked to Kate, they know what had happened. From her tone it's nothing to be taken lightly. You both were unbelievably unfair to her. Maybe she needs someone to listen, she doesn't want to be attacked. I'm going out tomorrow with Kate, Angela and Shawn. You two can come only under the condition that you're there to listen." Topanga says then goes to her room
Eric sighs "What do you think it is?"
"I don't know, but she had better have a good reason for doing this to you."
"You know I don't even care that she stood me up, left school. All I cared about when I saw her was that she was here. And that I could have a second chance with her. That's all that matters to me."
"Did you tell her that?" Cory asks
"No, I didn't. I asked for an explanation." Eric replies "I'll see you tomorrow Cory."
"Yea see ya Eric." Cory shuts the door behind Eric.
**************
"Hey Kate, I'm glad you could make it." Topanga greets Kate at Kate's dorm.
"Me too, thanks for picking me up. I wasn't really feeling like driving tonight." Kate pulls on her coat. "Where are we going anyway?"
"Well we were going to go out to a restaurant but Cory had an idea and I think it may be kind of nice." Topanga says as they start to go outside.
"So that'd be where then?"
"Well Cory and Eric wanted to do something special for both of us and Shawn and Angela are coming as peacemakers-"
"And we'd be going….?" Kate asks
"Cory's and Eric's house for dinner, for old times sake." Topanga says hesitantly "I'd understand if you didn't want to go."
"No, I'll go." Kate gets into Topanga's car and they start driving.
"Hey are you all right?" Topanga asks a little while later.
"A little tired, I feel like I haven't slept in days." Kate smiles
"All right" Topanga answers "We'll be there in a few minutes.
"Ok" Kate replies gazing out the window.
*************
"I think they just pulled up" Morgan announces to Cory and Eric.
"Good, tell mom and dad that everyone is here then" Cory tells her, he goes to the door and opens it. "Hey" He waves
"Hi Cory, is everyone here?" Topanga asks giving him a kiss.
"Yea, I hope this turns out well. For Eric I mean"
"Just don't push it." Topanga warns
"Hey Cory, thanks for having me." Kate walks in his house. "It feels like forever." She mutters
"Kate!" Amy walks in and hugs Kate "It's so nice to see you after all this time, how are your parents?"
"Hi Mrs. Matthews, my parents are fine." Kate smiles "Eric, hi." Kate says when he walks in.
"Can we talk?" Eric asks "Outside?"
Kate nods and follows him out back, they sit on the bench outside. "So what's up?"
"You know what I want to ask you." Eric says quietly
"Yea."
"But I'm not going to."
"Why not? I thought you wanted to know."
"See I do more than anything in the world, but I decided I'd rather not know than to lose you again."
"Don't say that." Kate whispers "I don't want to get attached to anyone."
"Why not?"
"Eric. I don't want to hurt you-"
"Don't you see it Kate? You're killing me right now. I love you more than anyone, I always have."
"Please don't say that" Kate stands up and goes by the fence.
"Why do you get all upset whenever I say how I feel about you? The next day in school I told you it was ok that you had stood me up and you actually looked disappointed."
"Eric-"
"No Kate listen to me, I said I wouldn't ask but I want to know what's going on."
"Eric stop-" Kate says struggling not to cry.
"Kate what's wrong?" Eric reaches out to her and she jerks her arm away.
"Guys dinner- what's going on?" Cory asks stepping outside.
"Eric I need to tell you something." Kate says her voice quavering
"What is it?" Eric asks searching her eyes
Cory stands off in the background trying to look inconspicuous.
"Cory you can hear this you might as well." Kate looks down "That day I was supposed to go out with you I had gone to the doctor. I found out I had, I have leukemia." Kate looks in Eric's eyes
"Dammit" Cory mutters sitting down and putting his face in his hands. "I'm so sorry Kate."
"You didn't know Cory. You couldn't have."
"You're sick?" Eric asks
Kate glances at Eric and nods "I'm sorry I never told you, things can get really bad I didn't want you to have to deal with it."
"Kate" Eric pauses "How bad is it?"
"Eric I don't want to-"
"Kate."
"It's not good." Kate answers looking away, she glances back at him. "I have to go back for some tests this week to find out if it came back."
Eric sits down as everything sinks in.
To be continued…. Sorry it just ends but I need some time to work on the next chapter.. please R&R
Kate sat listlessly in her dorm staring at the wall across from her. She didn't even tear her gaze away when the door opened. "Kate?"
"What?" Kate asks looking at Shawn and Angela.
"Kate, I'm so sorry." Angela starts
Seeing the look on Shawn's face Kate realizes Angela had betrayed her trust.
"Kate you can trust Shawn and I didn't know what else to do, I don't know how to help you. I know, I know that we're not even really friends but you trusted me once so I need you to trust me again with this. Eric needs to know." Angela tells her
"No." Kate stands up "I don't need to tell him, I don't want to hurt him."
"You've already hurt him more then you could have ever hurt him, you kept a secret from him and then you told him to his face you wont tell him. What more damage could be done? Only good can come from it now." Shawn says
"No, I love Eric. I can't ever tell him." Kate whispers
"If you love him tell him." Angela pleads
"I swore I would never fall in love."
"Why would you do that?" Angela asks surprised and Shawn stops her and shakes his head.
"Maybe we should go Angela." Shawn says softly, tugging at her arm slightly and edging her towards the door.
"I'll come back over tomorrow." Angela promises leaving with Shawn. They shut the door behind them and quietly walk down the hall.
Kate looks around for her purse but can't find it, she realizes it must be at Cory's, she sighs sullenly and gets her coat.
**************
"What are you doing here?" Cory asks angrily when he answers the door and finds Kate standing there.
"I forgot my purse." Kate answers
"Oh, right. I'll go get it." Cory leaves her in the doorway.
"Cory who's at the door?" Topanga asks going to the doorway.
"Kate." Cory says getting her bag.
"Why didn't you invite her in?"
"Why should I have?" Cory retorts
"Cory. What's done is done." Topanga says firmly and opens the door wider "Kate, please come in."
"I'll only be a second." Kate replies
"Please? I think we owe you an apology."
"No, Cory was right in being angry at me. I should of called to cancel that night, but I had no choice but to stand him up."
"The same way you had to leave school? And never give him an explanation?" Cory mutters handing her, her purse.
"Exactly the same way. Cory it's a lot more complicated then me standing Eric up."
"So tell me. Oh wait you can't right." Cory exclaims
"You wouldn't understand. I don't want Eric to have feelings for me." Kate explains
Cory stops "You don't want him having feelings for you? So what was he some backup boy on the side? What is it?"
"If Eric loves me, I'll end up hurting him. I'll end up leaving." Kate replies close to tears
"Cory stop." Topanga commands
"No Topanga this should be good since she already left him once."
"Cory please stop this now." Topanga tells him.
"Cory I'm sorry it's late but I wanted to apologize to you about yelling at you before-" Eric walks in and freezes when he sees Kate "What's going on?"
"I'd love to know that" Cory walks over to Eric. "Apparently Kate doesn't want you to have feelings for her, but I'm thinking it's a little to late for that." Cory says sarcastically "She said if you love her she'll leave you again, that she'll hurt you."
"She's hurt me enough she couldn't possibly more." Eric states evenly
"Guys would you both stop" Topanga asks
"I bet you've come to really know her back right?" Cory asks
"Oh yea, I'm beginning to like it more then her front side" Eric replies
"Then you wont mind seeing it again" Kate brushes past them and leaves.
"Are you two happy now?" Topanga asks "I hope you are, because she came over to apologize and you turned her away"
"Well maybe she'll come to see how it feels." Cory says
"Cory did you ever think that maybe she had a really good reason for leaving?" Topanga asks
"Well-"
"I didn't think so." Topanga turns to leave but pauses "I talked to Angela, she and Shawn had talked to Kate, they know what had happened. From her tone it's nothing to be taken lightly. You both were unbelievably unfair to her. Maybe she needs someone to listen, she doesn't want to be attacked. I'm going out tomorrow with Kate, Angela and Shawn. You two can come only under the condition that you're there to listen." Topanga says then goes to her room
Eric sighs "What do you think it is?"
"I don't know, but she had better have a good reason for doing this to you."
"You know I don't even care that she stood me up, left school. All I cared about when I saw her was that she was here. And that I could have a second chance with her. That's all that matters to me."
"Did you tell her that?" Cory asks
"No, I didn't. I asked for an explanation." Eric replies "I'll see you tomorrow Cory."
"Yea see ya Eric." Cory shuts the door behind Eric.
**************
"Hey Kate, I'm glad you could make it." Topanga greets Kate at Kate's dorm.
"Me too, thanks for picking me up. I wasn't really feeling like driving tonight." Kate pulls on her coat. "Where are we going anyway?"
"Well we were going to go out to a restaurant but Cory had an idea and I think it may be kind of nice." Topanga says as they start to go outside.
"So that'd be where then?"
"Well Cory and Eric wanted to do something special for both of us and Shawn and Angela are coming as peacemakers-"
"And we'd be going….?" Kate asks
"Cory's and Eric's house for dinner, for old times sake." Topanga says hesitantly "I'd understand if you didn't want to go."
"No, I'll go." Kate gets into Topanga's car and they start driving.
"Hey are you all right?" Topanga asks a little while later.
"A little tired, I feel like I haven't slept in days." Kate smiles
"All right" Topanga answers "We'll be there in a few minutes.
"Ok" Kate replies gazing out the window.
*************
"I think they just pulled up" Morgan announces to Cory and Eric.
"Good, tell mom and dad that everyone is here then" Cory tells her, he goes to the door and opens it. "Hey" He waves
"Hi Cory, is everyone here?" Topanga asks giving him a kiss.
"Yea, I hope this turns out well. For Eric I mean"
"Just don't push it." Topanga warns
"Hey Cory, thanks for having me." Kate walks in his house. "It feels like forever." She mutters
"Kate!" Amy walks in and hugs Kate "It's so nice to see you after all this time, how are your parents?"
"Hi Mrs. Matthews, my parents are fine." Kate smiles "Eric, hi." Kate says when he walks in.
"Can we talk?" Eric asks "Outside?"
Kate nods and follows him out back, they sit on the bench outside. "So what's up?"
"You know what I want to ask you." Eric says quietly
"Yea."
"But I'm not going to."
"Why not? I thought you wanted to know."
"See I do more than anything in the world, but I decided I'd rather not know than to lose you again."
"Don't say that." Kate whispers "I don't want to get attached to anyone."
"Why not?"
"Eric. I don't want to hurt you-"
"Don't you see it Kate? You're killing me right now. I love you more than anyone, I always have."
"Please don't say that" Kate stands up and goes by the fence.
"Why do you get all upset whenever I say how I feel about you? The next day in school I told you it was ok that you had stood me up and you actually looked disappointed."
"Eric-"
"No Kate listen to me, I said I wouldn't ask but I want to know what's going on."
"Eric stop-" Kate says struggling not to cry.
"Kate what's wrong?" Eric reaches out to her and she jerks her arm away.
"Guys dinner- what's going on?" Cory asks stepping outside.
"Eric I need to tell you something." Kate says her voice quavering
"What is it?" Eric asks searching her eyes
Cory stands off in the background trying to look inconspicuous.
"Cory you can hear this you might as well." Kate looks down "That day I was supposed to go out with you I had gone to the doctor. I found out I had, I have leukemia." Kate looks in Eric's eyes
"Dammit" Cory mutters sitting down and putting his face in his hands. "I'm so sorry Kate."
"You didn't know Cory. You couldn't have."
"You're sick?" Eric asks
Kate glances at Eric and nods "I'm sorry I never told you, things can get really bad I didn't want you to have to deal with it."
"Kate" Eric pauses "How bad is it?"
"Eric I don't want to-"
"Kate."
"It's not good." Kate answers looking away, she glances back at him. "I have to go back for some tests this week to find out if it came back."
Eric sits down as everything sinks in.
To be continued…. Sorry it just ends but I need some time to work on the next chapter.. please R&R